WO2011015672A1

WO2011015672A1 - System and method for visualizing decors in a virtual space

Info

Publication number: WO2011015672A1
Application number: PCT/EP2010/065738
Authority: WO
Inventors: Vicky Tiegelkamp
Original assignee: Fritz Egger Gmbh & Co. Og
Priority date: 2010-02-07
Filing date: 2010-10-19
Publication date: 2011-02-10
Also published as: HUE024555T2; DE102010007037A1; EP2531063A1; ES2531178T3; RS1272U; EP2531063B1; PL2531063T3

Abstract

The invention relates to a system and to a method for visualizing decors, particularly wood decors. The system is characterized by at least one image projector (1, 2, 3) and a spatial projection surface (4) comprising different partial surfaces (4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4), wherein the at least one image projector (1, 2, 3) is provided with a control unit (5), which is designed such that different decors, which can be selected from a group of different decors using the control unit (5) can be visualized on the partial surfaces (4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4) of the projection surface (4).

Description

Arrangement and method for visualizing decors in a virtual space

The invention relates to an arrangement and a method for the visualization of decors in a virtual space. In particular, the invention relates to a virtual design studio.

There are already various systems or methods for

Visualization of decors, especially wood decors known. For example, the Applicant herself uses a computer- or Internet-based visualization tool that allows a user to view different living space situations and to try out different ones

Wood decors work in combination with different wall colors and floor coverings. This visualization tool has proven itself in practice. The achievable optical effect, however, still seems to be able to be improved.

The present invention has for its object to provide an arrangement or a method of the type mentioned, with the / optionally different

Visualize decorative surfaces particularly close to reality.

This problem is solved by an arrangement with the

Features of claim 1 and by a method having the features of claim 16. Preferred and advantageous

Embodiments of the inventive arrangement and the method according to the invention are specified in the subclaims. _

The arrangement according to the invention represents a virtual design studio and comprises at least one image projector

(Beamer) and a spatial projection screen, the

comprises different sub-areas, wherein the at least one image projector is provided with a controller which is designed such that on the faces of the

Projection surface different decors that are selectable from a group of different decors by means of the control can be visualized.

The inventive method is accordingly characterized by the use of at least one image projector and a spatial projection surface comprising different sub-areas, wherein the at least one image projector is controlled such that on the faces of the

Projection surface different decors, which are selected from a group of different decors by means of the control visualized. The group of different decors preferably comprises in particular those decors which have been obtained by scanning or digitizing decorative patterns having surface structures, e.g. Wood plank pattern

Real wood veneers, wood-based panels provided with wood decors and surface textures, natural stone slabs, etc.

Decors, in particular those having surface structures (textures), are thus visualized with the arrangement or the method according to the invention, whereby the optical properties of a corresponding product, for example a floor panel, a Mobelfront or worktop impressively and particularly realistic present.

The erfmdungsgemaße arrangement allows a presentation of individually designed decors and surface structures in a virtual space. The room ambience is essentially freely selectable. The erfmdungsgemaße visualization of decors in virtual space improves the presentation or illustration of Dekorternativen. This kind of

Presentation brings the user security with his

Decor selection, so that decisions can be made faster.

All digitally developed decor data can be combined with digital texture data (surface structures) and visualized with their three-dimensional effect, whereby light and shine effects change depending on the observer's perspective. According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the projection surface comprises at least one wall, at least one floor section and at least one body. The body corresponds in its dimensions, for example, a cake or living room furniture. By visualizing decors and surface structures (textures) on the three-dimensional body, the very realistic optical effect is further improved.

A further advantageous embodiment of the invention is that with the Bildpro ^ ektor or at least one of the Bildpro] ectors light and / or gloss effects on the - -

Projection surface can be visualized. These too

Design improves the realistic optical effect.

As an image projector or image projectors in the arrangement according to the invention preferably those are used with which viewers of the visualization

three-dimensional image effect is mediated or

is mediated. The control of the image projector or the image projectors is designed such that on the projection surface

complementary to the decor or decorations one or more

Objects, in particular electrical appliances, fittings, handles, fittings and / or home accessories are visualized, the respective object can be selected from a group of different objects by means of the controller.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the arrangement according to the invention is at the at least one

Image projector associated control a reader for

Detection attached to different decorative patterns attached identification means. The user of the arrangement can thus compare the respective decor pattern (original) with the virtual representation of the decoration including an associated surface structure (texture).

In particular, this can be a user a decor selection be facilitated, as it is easier for many people, decors based on original patterns as based on

Select image representations.

To ensure a true color or color correct output of the decors in their visualization is also - provided that at least one digitization of

Patterns of existing decors, laminates, real materials and / or of three-dimensional surface structures

scanner used and output devices used for the visualization of the decors, in particular screens,

Image projectors and / or color printers, calibrated and / or profiled.

Hereinafter, the invention will be described with reference to a plurality

Exemplary embodiments illustrative drawing explained in more detail, It show in a schematic representation:

Fig. 1 shows an inventive arrangement for

Three - dimensional visualization of decors in combination with surface structures, in perspective, with the

Arrangement in a disconnected or ready state is located; Fig. 2 shows the arrangement of FIG. 1 in a first

Functional situation (visualization situation);

Fig. 3 shows the arrangement of FIG. 1 in a second

Functional situation (visualization situation);

Fig. 4 shows the arrangement of FIG. 1 in a third

Functional situation (visualization situation);

Fig. 5 is a presentation room with an inventive

Arrangement for the three-dimensional visualization of

Decors in combination with surface structures, in perspective; and - -

Fig. 6, the presentation room with the arrangement of Fig. 5, in a plan view. 1 to 4 has a number of image projectors (beamer) 1, 2, 3 and a projection surface 4 for the visualization of decors The projection surface 4 consists of a section of a room, the walls 4.1 4.2 and a floor section 4.3 Furthermore, the room section or the projection surface 4 comprises a carcass 4.4 The carcass 4.4 is composed of differently high cuboid carcass sections 4.41, 4.42 It is provided with a monochrome coating / paint as a projection surface the body 4.4 has a gray color coating on the front of the

Carcases are handles (not shown in FIG. 1) and / or

Fittings attached. The invention uses a multi-projector technology here. The

Image projectors ("Beamer") 1, 2, 3 are preferably suspended from a room ceiling The image projectors 1, 2, 3 are LCD or DLP Beamer The image projectors 1, 2, 3 is a serving as a controller computer 5 or the like assigned.

For visualization of different decors by means of

Arrangement of the invention digital decor and / or structural data are used. These data come from digital samples. For this purpose, newly developed design templates and / or patterns of existing decors and structures under

Using a high-resolution scanner digitized. The / digital decor and / or structural data, for example, come from gravure printing exporting printers or other external providers. The digitized decors are in particular wood decors,

Tile decors, natural stone decors and / or fantasy decors.

The digital decor and / or structure data are stored in a decor database. Preferably, this is a central database in which the data is managed and possibly enriched by new decor and / or structure data.

The digital decors and structures (textures) are processed with an image processing and presentation software and by means of one or more image projectors on one or more specific areas of the given space of the

Arrangement projected. The result is a photorealistic, three-dimensional image of a selected decoration (e.g.

Wood decors), including associated or selected surface structure (e.g., wood pores) in a room ambience. The room ambience is changeable or can be made of a variety of different stored space and / or

Select furniture situations. For example, in Fig. 2, a kitchenette consisting of base cabinets 6.1 and tall cabinets 6.2 is shown. The decor and the surface structure of the cabinet door fronts can be regardless of the decor and the structure of the worktop 8 and / or the floor 4.3 and the

Wall color vary. In particular, by means of one of the beamer 1, 2, 3, the image of an electrical appliance 7, For example, a baking oven or other object on the body 4.4 and the wall 4.1 are projected.

In Fig. 3, a room or furniture situation is visualized, in which on the body 4.4 of the situation shown in FIG. 2 deviating decors are projected. In particular, here shelf compartments are projected onto the higher body section 4.42 (cf., FIG. 1). While in the situation according to FIG. 2 a wooden plank floor is visualized, in the situation according to FIG. 3 a tile floor is shown virtually.

4 shows that on the same body 4.4, for example, a drawer sideboard 9 can be visualized with a bookshelf 10, wherein the image of a flat-screen television 11 is projected on the wall.

With the image projectors 1, 2, 3, thus, for example, cabinet doors, drawer fronts, baseboards,

Worktops (8), tile mirrors, wall coverings,

Shelves, books (12), pictures, floor coverings made of wood, tiles or natural stone, electrical appliances (7), handles,

Visualize fittings, fittings, etc. on the projection surface 4 of the arrangement according to the invention. With at least one of the image projectors 1, 2, 3 also gloss effects and / or light or shadow effects on the projection surface 4 can be visualized.

The arrangement according to the invention can also comprise a color printer or color plotter (not shown), with which the visualized decoration (including structure) as a pattern is color-binding on paper or another substrate _ _ can be printed. The virtual projection and the pattern can then be compared at any time.

The arrangement according to the invention is in particular for

Installation in a showroom and / or booth, including a mobile presentation device (e.g., a truck).

The exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6 again includes a body 4.4, which is composed of differently high, essentially cuboid body sections 4.41, 4.42. The visible surfaces of the body 4.4 are provided with a monochrome coating / paint, which serves as a projection surface.

Furthermore, the arrangement shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 comprises two high-resolution image projectors (beamer) 1, 2, one serving to control the image projectors 1, 2

Computer 5 and an operating unit 14, which is preferably designed as a touch screen. The image projector 1 is

in particular, to project decors onto the front surface of the body 4.4 while the image projector 2 is aligned to project decors onto a side surface of the body 4.4. The main beam axes of the image projectors 1, 2 thus run transversely to each other. By this orientation of the image projectors 1, 2 can convey a particularly vivid spatial impression.

The body 4.4, the image projectors 1, 2, the computer 5 and the touch screen are installed here in a presentation room 16. The presentation room 16 is formed of a plurality of walls 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4 and a floor 17. The - -

Walls 16.1 to 16.4 and the floor 17 point

Surface areas 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, which serve as a projection surface and are therefore also provided with a neutral, monochrome coating / paint. The computer

(Control) 5 and the touch screen 14 as a control unit can be integrated, for example, in a tall cabinet 18 or the like. The image projectors 1, 2 are mounted on or on columnar holders 19, 20 and preferably arranged behind blinds 20.1 partially hidden.

Optionally, a reader (not shown) connected to the controller 5, which is used for the interactive recognition of decorative patterns. For this purpose, the decor patterns are provided with identification means in the form of RFID transponders or optically detectable barcodes, preferably circular barcodes. The decor patterns detected by the reading device and the computer 5 connected thereto as a result of the identification means are recorded directly in the virtual space situation represented by the image projectors 1, 2.

Furthermore, the visualization of decors and includes

Surface structures in the context of the invention

The method involves the use of an order handler that includes a computer, a monitor, and a color printer or plotter. This device

enables individualized decord digital printing and is preferably made available to professional users (retailers and processors) ("VDS Profi") .The aim is that the quality of the visualized and / or printed or plotted decors from the order to the production is consistent color and thus highly efficient in terms of costs and throughput times Order processing process is created. The order processing device enables automatic order processing with regard to the production of patterns provided with decors and surface structures and / or

Wood-based products.

For individual objects (construction projects) as well as small quantities, the decor and the surface structure of the respective

Holzwerkstofferzeugnisses preferably produced using a digital printing process.

In large-scale production, on the other hand, the decor and the surface structure of the respective wood-product are made using a gravure printing process

produced. This requires the production of at least one

Printing cylinder and at least one structuring roller or the like on the basis of the stored Dekordaten or surface structure data ahead. The central decor data management is or is linked to a product information management system. Under

Product Information Management (PIM) is understood to mean the provision of product information for use in various output media or distribution channels, as well as for different locations. The administration, care and

Modification of the product information takes place in a central system, preferably in the central decor database or in connection with the same. Each site or channel in the overall process according to the invention can thus be supplied with matching product information via a data transmission network without much resource expenditure. The PIM system enables efficient data transfer, - -

Data management, data enrichment and data output. It consolidates all product information in one database. The product information may come from the central

Data management for the creation of samples (sample service), brochures, catalogs and / or collections are used.

Several inventive, located in different locations virtual design studios are centrally managed and automatically provided with updates.

The embodiment of the invention is not limited to the embodiments described above. Rather, numerous variants are conceivable, which make use of the idea of the invention given in the appended claims, even if they deviate. For example, it is basically possible, but only a single

Image projector in an inventive arrangement for

Visualization of decors and surface structures on a neutral body of FIG. 1 to use.

Claims

claims

1. Arrangement for the visualization of decors, in particular wood decors, characterized by at least one

Image projector (1, 2, 3) and a spatial

Projection surface (4) comprising different sub-areas (4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4), wherein the at least one image projector (1, 2, 3) is provided with a controller (5) which is designed such that on the sub-areas ( 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4) of the projection surface (4)

different decors made up of a group of

different decors by means of the controller (5) are selectable, visualized.

2. Arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that the group of different decors in particular covers such decors, by scanning or

Digitizing surface patterns having decorative patterns were obtained. 3. Arrangement according to claim 1 or 2, characterized

in that the controller (5) is designed such that on the projection surface (4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.

3, 4.4) at least one decor that consists of a group

different decors by means of the controller (5) is selectable, superimposed with at least one

Surface texture made up of a group

different surface structures by means of the controller (5) is selectable, can be visualized.

4. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the projection surface (4) comprises at least one wall (4.1, 4.2) and a floor section (4.3).

5. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized

in that the projection surface (4) comprises at least one body (4.4).

6. Arrangement according to claim 5, characterized in that the at least one body (4.4) is provided with handles and / or fittings.

7. Arrangement according to claim 5 or 6, characterized by at least two image projectors (1, 2), wherein one of

Image projectors (1) is aligned to decors

in particular on the front surface of the body (4.4) to visualize, while a second of the image projectors (2) is aligned to visualize decors on a side surface of the body (4.4).

8. Arrangement according to one of claims 5 to 7, characterized

in that the at least one body (4.4) is composed of at least two differently high and / or large body sections (4.41, 4.42).

9. Arrangement according to one of claims 5 to 8, characterized

characterized in that the at least one body (4.4) with a monochrome coating / paint as

Projection surface is provided.

10. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the controller (5) is designed such that on the projection surface (4, 4.4) complementary to the at least one decor one or more objects, in particular electrical appliances (7), Fittings, handles,

Fittings and / or home accessories (12), the / from a group of different objects by means of

Control are selectable, can be visualized.

11. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 10,

characterized by a plurality of image projectors (1, 2, 3), the different sub-areas (4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4) of the projection surface (4) are assigned.

12. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized

characterized in that a plurality of image projectors (1, 2, 3) are present, wherein one of the image projectors (1, 2, 3) of the visualization of at least one of the decors, while another of the image projectors (1, 2, 3) of the visualization of at least one Surface structure is used.

13. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized

characterized in that the controller (5) is designed such that light and / or on the projection surface

Luster effects are visualizable.

14. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 13, characterized

in that the controller (5) is designed such that a three-dimensional image effect is generated by means of the at least one image projector or the image projectors (1, 2, 3).

15. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that on the controller (5) a reading device for detecting attached to different decorative patterns identification means is connected.

16. A method for the visualization of decors, characterized by the use of at least one image projector

(1, 2, 3) and a spatial projection surface (4), the different sub-areas (4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4), wherein the at least one image projector

(1, 2, 3) is controlled such that on the partial surfaces (4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4) of the projection surface (4)

different decors, which are selected from a group of different decors by means of the controller (5) are visualized.

17. The method according to claim 16, characterized in that the group of different decors in particular covers such decors, by scanning or

Digitizing surface patterns having decorative patterns were obtained.

18. The method according to claim 16 or 17, characterized

characterized in that at least one of the decors

superimposed with at least one surface structure, which is selected from a group of different surface structures is visualized.

19. The method according to any one of claims 16 to 18, characterized in that the projection surface (4) comprises at least one body (4.4).

20. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that the at least one body (4.4) is provided with handles and / or fittings.

21. The method according to claim 19 or 20, characterized

22. The method according to any one of claims 16 to 21, characterized in that the at least one body (4.4) with a monochrome coating / paint as

Projection surface is provided.

23. The method according to any one of claims 16 to 22, characterized in that the at least one image projector

(1, 2, 3) is controlled such that on the

Projection surface complementary to the at least one decor one or more objects (7, 11, 12), in particular electrical appliances, fittings and / or home accessories, the / of a group of different objects (7, 11, 12) by means of the controller (5) selectable are visualized.

24. The method according to any one of claims 16 to 23, characterized in that a plurality of image projectors are used, wherein the image projectors (1, 2, 3)

different sub-areas (4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4) of the projection surface (4) are assigned.

25. The method according to any one of claims 16 to 24, characterized in that a plurality of image projectors are used, wherein at least one of the image projectors

(1, 2, 3) at least one of the decors is visualized, while with at least one other of the image projectors (1, 2, 3) at least one of the surface structures is visualized.

26. The method according to any one of claims 16 to 25, characterized in that with at least one of

Image projectors light and / or gloss effects on the projection surface are visualized.

27. The method according to any one of claims 16 to 26, characterized in that as image projectors (1, 2, 3) are used, with which viewers of

Visualization a three-dimensional image effect

is mediated.

28. The method according to any one of claims 16 to 27, characterized in that at least one for the digitization of patterns existing decors, laminates,

Real materials and / or of three-dimensional

Surface structures used scanner and the

Visualization of the decors and / or surface structures used output devices, in particular screens (14), image projectors (1, 2, 3) and / or color printers,

calibrated and / or profiled.